Ryan McCarthy (center), Under Secretary of the Army, and Gen. James McConville (right), Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, give condolences to Vladislava Golin during the service for her father, Army Sgt. 1st Class Mihail Golin, in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, Jan. 22, 2018. Golin, an 18B Special Forces Weapons Sergeant assigned to 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) died Jan. 1, 2018, as a result of wounds sustained while engaged in combat operations in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan.  Golin deployed to Afghanistan in September 2017 with the


Ryan McCarthy (center), Under Secretary of the Army, and Gen. James McConville (right), Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, give condolences to Vladislava Golin during the service for her father, Army Sgt. 1st Class Mihail Golin, in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, Jan. 22, 2018. Golin, an 18B Special Forces Weapons Sergeant assigned to 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) died Jan. 1, 2018, as a result of wounds sustained while engaged in combat operations in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan.  Golin deployed to Afghanistan in September 2017 with the 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group, in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel.  Golin enlisted Jan. 5, 2005 and this was his third deployment (once to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from September 2006 to November 2007, and twice to Afghanistan from February 2009 to February 2010 and from December 2011 to October 2012, both in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.) Golin’s awards include the Purple Heart Medal with one oak leaf cluster; Army Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters; Army Achievement Medal with two oak leaf clusters; Special Forces Tab; Ranger Tab; Combat Infantryman Badge; Expert Infantryman Badge; and the Parachutist Badge, according to the Army release. ( Army


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